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| an·ti·phon [ ántə fòn ] (plural an·ti·phons) |
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1. music sung in alternating parts: a hymn or psalm performed by two groups of singers chanting alternate sections
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2. section of formal church service: a short piece of biblical or devotional text that is chanted or sung before or after a psalm verse in a Roman Catholic or Anglican church service
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3. response: a response or reply
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| [15th century. < ecclesiastical Latin antiphona< Greek antiphōnos "sounding in response" < phōnē "sound"] |
